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Comprehensive cardiac CT scan may give clearer picture of significant heart disease

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia - restricted ...


A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow

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created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, also found that this dilatory reflex ...


Bone marrow cell therapy may be beneficial for patients with ischemic heart disease

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The injection of bone marrow cells into the heart of patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (reduced blood flow to some areas of the heart) was associated with modest improvements in blood flow and function of the left ...


Sensor Detects Onset of Acute Myocardial Ischemia

Physics / Soft Matter

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested a unique biosensor that measures concentrations of potassium and hydrogen ions in the human heart with high specificity. The ...





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New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...


High vs. low hospital volume for angioplasty finds little difference in death rates

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study based on a contemporary registry of patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) indicates that even though hospitals that perform a higher number of angioplasties are more likely to follow evidence-based guidelines ...


Abnormal cholesterol levels may raise risk of heart failure

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you never have a heart attack, abnormal blood cholesterol levels may significantly raise your risk of heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...


Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, researchers say

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.


Hospital report cards do not appear to result in significant improvements

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant systemwide improvement in hospitals' performance on most quality ...


Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for ...


New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked ...


Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...


Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of ...


Findings suggest lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified, without the need to fast

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified by measuring either total and HDL cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without the need to fast and without regard to triglyceride levels, according to a study in the ...



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